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UCSD Faculty Research Associates
Marisa Abrajano
Dept. of Political Science
Research interest: Latino politics in the United States
mabrajano@ucsd.edu

Robert Alvarez
Department of Ethnic Studies
Research interests: Mexican migration to the United States; kinship networks
r1alvare@ucsd.edu

Julian Betts
Department of Economics
Research interests: Educational attainment of immigrants in the U.S.
jbetts@ucsd.edu

Frank Biess
Department of History
Research interests: The role of immigrant labor in postwar reconstruction of the "two Germanies"
fbiess@ucsd.edu

William Chandler
Department of Political Science
Research interests: Immigration policy and the politics of immigration in Germany
wchandle@weber.ucsd.edu

Wayne Cornelius
Department of Political Science
Research interests: Mexican migration to the U.S.; Third World immigration to Japan and Spain; comparative studies of immigration policies; formation of general public attitudes toward immigration; immigration control policies
wcorneli@weber.ucsd.edu

Fatima El-Tayeb
Department of Literature
Research interests: 19th and 20th Century European history, (Trans)National
Identities, African Diaspora Studies, Gender Studies, Ethnic Minorities in
Europe
feltayeb@ucsd.edu

Steven Erie
Department of Political Science
Research interests: Immigrants and ethnicity in U.S. urban politics
serie@ucsd.edu

Yen Espiritu
Department of Ethnic Studies
Research interests: Gender, race, transnationalism, Filipino and Vietnamese immigrants in the U.S.
yespiritu@ucsd.edu

Takashi Fujitani
Department of History
Research interests: Colonial and military history of Koreans in Japan
tfujitani@ucsd.edu

David Gutierrez
Department of History
Research interests: History of Mexican immigration and relations between immigrants and Mexican Americans
dggutierrez@ucsd.edu

Zoltan L. Hajnal
Department of Political Science
Research interests: Racial and ethnic politics, urban politics, minority representation in direct democracy
zhajnal@weber.ucsd.edu

Gordon Hanson
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
Research interests: Immigration and trade in the U.S. and México; labor market consequences of globalization
gohanson@ucsd.edu

John B. Haviland
Department of Anthropology
Research interests: Social life of language, Tzotzil Mayan, Australian
languages, Mexico, Australia.
jhaviland@ucsd.edu

James Holston
Department of Anthropology
Research interests: Immigration to Latin America, especially Brazil; immigrants and citizenship; immigrant communities in San Diego
jholston@ucsd.edu

Alan Houston

Department of Political Science
Research interests: Political theory; history of anti-immigration thought in 18th Century America. ahouston@weber.ucsd.edu

Tomás R. Jiménez
Assistant Professor of Sociology, UCSD
Research interest: Immigration, immigrant-group incorporation, race, ethnicity, inequality, Mexican-origin population, qualitative methods
E-mail: tjimenez-AT-ucsd-DOT-edu

Thad Kousser
Department of Political Science
Research interest: Immigrants as a component of the California electorate; immigration as an issue in California politics and government
tkousser@weber.ucsd.edu

April Linton
Department of Sociology
Research interests: Immigration and the politics of bilingual education in the U.S.; sociology of language; globalization and development
aplinton@ucsd.edu

Lisa Lowe
Department of Literature
Research interests: The Asian-American experience in the United States
lmlowe@ucsd.edu

Jorge Mariscal
Department of Literature
Research interests:  The literature of Mexican migration
gmariscal@ucsd.edu

Everard Meade
Department of History
Research interests: 20th century Mexican history and U.S. immigration
emeade@ucsd.edu

Natalia M. Molina
Department of Ethnic Studies
Research interests: Post-1865 United States history, comparative ethnicities, Latina/o history
nmolina@weber.ucsd.edu

Lisa Sun-Hee Park
Department of Ethnic Studies
Research interests: Asian American Studies; Immigrant Communities; Immigrant Health Care and Welfare Policies; Immigrant Labor, Citizenship, and Globalization
lpark@ucsd.edu

David Pedersen

Department of Anthropology (starting Fall 2005)
Research interests: Transnational migrant life, remittance circulation, Latin America, El Salvador, United States
dpedersen@ucsd.edu

David Pellow
Department of Ethnic Studies
Research interests: Race and Ethnic Relations, Environmental Justice Studies, Social Movements, Globalization
dpellow@ucsd.edu

James Rauch
Department of Economics
Research interests: International trade through ethnic networks
jrauch@ucsd.edu

Nayan Shah
Department of History
Research interests: Impact of cultural meanings and political/administrative practices on categories of race and sexuality in Asian migrations to North America
nbshah@ucsd.edu

John Skrentny
Department of Sociology
Research interests: Affirmative action, immigration, and civil rights in the U.S.; history of U.S. immigration policy; ethnic return migration policy
jskrentny@ucsd.edu

Steffanie Strathdee
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
Research interest:  Impacts of migration on public health in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands
sstrathdee@ucsd.edu

Olga Vasquez
Department of Communication
Research interests: Bilingual communication and education in U.S. immigrant communities
ovasquez@weber.ucsd.edu

Pasquale Verdicchio
Department of Literature
Research interests: North African immigrants in Italy
pverdicchio@ucsd.edu

Winifred Woodhull
Department of Literature
Research interests: North African and Caribbean female immigrants in France
wwoodhull@ucsd.edu

Christopher Woodruff
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
Research interests: Labor markets and micro-industrial development in Mexico; migration and savings institutions in Mexico
cwoodruff@ucsd.edu

Lisa Yoneyama
Department of Literature
Research interests: Race relations in Japan; Korean writers in Japan
lyoneyam@ucsd.edu

Ana Celia Zentella
Department of Ethnic Studies
Research interests: Language use and linguistic attitudes among Puerto Ricans, Dominicans,
Cubans, and Colombians in New York City and Mexicans in San Diego; language policy in the United States
azentella@ucsd.edu

Elana Zilberg
Department of Communication
Research interests: Transnational Salvadoran immigrant youth in Los Angeles and El Salvador; transnational, border, and urban studies; globalization, violence, race and ethnicity
ezilberg@ucsd.edu <mailto:ezilberg@worldnet.att.net>  



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